The
more one looks into amateur radio, the more one finds
different operational aspects of the hobby. Some people
enjoy operating in contests whilst others enjoy mobile work, some enjoy chasing DX whilst others enjoy making
new friends over the air, or just chatting to old ones.
All of these have their place within amateur radio, and
at the risk of sounding trite, it seems a healthy sign
for the hobby that there is sucha a variety of ways
different people are able to gain enjoyment from it. Over
the recent years the Award hunting has gained great popularity, and the number of certificates issued annualy
by the various organisations and national radio societes.

Promote
the radio and activities, disfrute
radio!!!!!

BWW AWARD PROGRAM

Applicant
must submit evidence of two-way contact with other
amateur stations with BWW on suffix. Contacts with some
following calls are obligatory:

1.
Establishment of two-way communication with any 10 (ten) different
amateur stations located in 60º Parallel North. Only contacts made
after 0800 UTC on 1st January 1952 are valid. Obligatory include 5
Stations from different DXCC entities 3 Scandinavian Stations and 1
station operating on island

2.
The total of 10 different stations may be obtained by operation on one
or more of the authorised amateur bands, as applicable at the time of
the claimed contact. Cross-band contacts will not be accepted.

3.
Any type of emission as permitted by the local licensing authorities
at the time of the claimed contact may be used. Cross-mode contacts
will not be accepted.

5.
Applications containing multi-band and multi-mode valid contacts will
be accepted but the award will be issued with no endorsement.

6.
Special endorsements, as listed hereunder, will be displayed on
the Award certificate, where applicable, when all valid contacts
fulfill the following conditions:Callsign of Station Worked /
Heard,Band (MHz), Mode Used, Date/Time(UTC)

Single
Band Multi Mode

Single
Band All Phone

Single
Band All CW

All
Phone Multi Band

All
CW Multi Band

All
RTTY Multi Band

7.
Short Wave Listener applications will be accepted and the Award
certificate issued, with appropriate endorsements as applicable, when
all conditions listed above are complied with.

8.
QSL cards are not required as proof of valid contactsbut the
application must show that log extracts have been examined and
verified by two other radio amateurs or the Awards Manager of
the applicants IARU affiliated radio society. A simple declaration
that the applicants station has conformed to all licensing regulations
as related to his operation is mandatory.

9.Send a log extract and the fee of EUR.5,00
or 6(six) IRCs for overseas stationsto the award
manager:

The CNE (Corpo Nacional de
Escutas, Portuguese Catholic Scouts) through their National Department
of Radio Scouting sponsors this award to celebrate 100 years of
Scouting worldwide, as well as the 50 years of Jamboree On the Air
(JOTA). Participation is open to all Amateur Radio operators and SWLs.
Contact special commemorative and other scout affiliated stations in
the period 22 February 2007 to 31 December 2007. All bands and modes.

For those who contact at least 22
of the participating Scouts Ham Radio stations, a special Honor Roll
award will be issued.

A special log and summary sheet
are required when you apply for the award. These can be downloaded
from: http://cne-escutismo.pt/dnr/diploma
. Send the log extract and summary sheet to: The request date
limit for the diplomas is the 31st March 2008, and must be sent to António
Manuel Ribeiro da Silva – CT1DJE, Rua Mar. Gomes da Costa, lote 46,
1685-901 Famoes, Portugal. The award is free, but you should help to
cover postal delivery expenses by sending 5€ or US$7 with the
request.

This
Beautiful Award is sponsored by S. L. URE MANISES -
Valencia -SPAIN, and is available to all licensed radio
amateurs and SWL, that make proof to have contacted at
least 50 Spanish amateur radio stations with different
prefix as following:EAØ-EA9 , EBØ-EB9 , ECØ-EC9, EDØ-
ED9, EFØ- EF9, EGØ-EG9, EHØ- EH9 , AMØ- AM9, ANØ-
AN9, AOØ-AO.They are also valid special callsigns with
two (2) numbers following two first letters (EA-EH or
AM-AO). Ex. AM92EXPO.Qso's on cross band or cross mode
are not valid.Special Plate with 90 prefixes confirm and
endorsements one by one to 110.Fee is ESP 1.000,00 for
the Award and ESP.3.000,00 for the Plate. (ESP Pesetas).
Please send Certified Log List by Local radio club or
signed by any check-point (CT1BWW is Check-point) with
callsigns in Alphabetic order , with Date, Band, Mode,
RST, no cards required.Manager EA5KT, Manuel Montes,
P.O.BOX 100 - 46940 MANISES - VALENCIA - SPAIN

To
qualify for ZONE 39 AWARD, the following conditions must be satisfied:

1.Establishment
of two-way communication with any 10 (ten) different
amateur stations located in Zone 39 at least on 5 DXCC Entities
Only contacts made after 0800 UTC on 1st
January 1952 are valid. DXCC
Entities:
D6-Comoros, FH-Mayotte, FR-Reunion, FR/G-Glorioso,FR/J Juan de Nova,
FR/E-Europe Island, FR/T Tromelin, FT/W-Crozet Island, FT5/X-Kerguelen
Island, FT5/Z Amsterdam & St. Paul Island, 3B7-Seychelles, VKØH-Heard
Is., VQ9- Chagos, 3B6-Agalega & 3B7-St.Brandon Island, 3B8-Mautitius
Island, 3B9-Rodriguez Island, 5R-Madagascar and some Antarctic Zones.
(The
boundaries of CQ zones 12, 13, 29, 30, 32, 38 and 39 converge at the
South Pole. Stations KC4AAA and KC4USN are at the South Pole, and will
count for any one of the listed zones. Most Antarctic stations
indicate their zone on the QSL card.)

2.
The total of 10 different stations may be obtained by operation on one or more of the authorised amateur bands,
as applicable at the time of the claimed contact. Cross-band contacts will not be accepted.

3.
Any type of emission as permitted by the local licensing authorities at the time of the claimed contact may be used.
Cross-mode contacts will not be accepted.

5.
Applications containing multi-band and multi-mode valid contacts will be accepted but the award will be
issued with no endorsement.

6.
Short Wave Listener applications will be accepted and the Award certificate issued,
with appropriate endorsements as applicable,
when all conditions listed above are
complied with.

7.
QSL cards are not required as proof of valid contacts but the application must show that log
extracts have been examined and verified by two other radio amateurs or
the Awards Manager of the applicants IARU
affiliated radio society.

A
simple declaration that the applicants station has conformedto all licensing regulations as related to
his operation is mandatory.

8.
The fee for the Award shall be 5 Euros or 6USD or 4 IRCs for overseas stations.

10.
Essential information required will include:

Callsign
Worked/Heard

Date/Time
(UTC)

Band/MHz

Mode

OEIRAS
COUNTY AWARD

To qualify, the
following conditions must be satisfied:

1.
Establishment of two-way communication with any 5( FIVE) different
amateur stations located in Oeiras County (PORTUGAL) . Only contacts
made on after 0000 UTC on
7th June 1985 are valid.

2. Send a log extract and the fee of EUR.5,00
or 6(six) IRCs for overseas stationsto the award
manager:

1.
Establishment of two-way communication with ALL 7 ( SEVEN) different
amateur stations located in ESTORIL COAST LIGHTHOUSE (PORTUGAL) . Only
contacts made on after 0000
UTC on 7th June 1985 are valid.

REFERENCE
CT LIGHTHOUSE

FES001
FES001

FES001
FES001

FES001
FES001
2. Send a log extract and the fee of EUR.5,00
or 6(six) IRCs for overseas stationsto the award
manager:

This
awardis issued for
contacting 10 different callsigns prefixes assigned to the Portuguese territory
or its possessions (
including Madeira and Azores Archipelago). Separate Awards Modes:
SSB,CW, MIXED and RTTY

SSB
click here/sample view

CW
click
here/sample view

RTTY
click
here/sample view

MIXED
click
here/sample view

Valid
also for SWL Stations .

You
can send the application form based on the logs data, must be signed
by two licensed radio amateurs or any official of the local radio club,
if you want you can send Qsl card photocopies (but NOT
necessary)

There
is award plaque if issued for contacting 30 different callsigns
prefixes, but you have already applied for the CTWPX Award.

The
Plaque has a hand painted Portuguese King Coat of Arms.

Any
difference in the letters and numbers in the first part of a call
denotes a new prefix. For example: CT1, CT14, CT98, CT5ØØ, are all
different prefixes.

Portable
operation will not affect the prefix claimed. Only the prefix of the
ANACOM assigned call may be counted. For stations operating from
Madeira (CT3) orAzores (CU…)which
counts as a separate DXCC country you may count either the prefix in
the assigned call, or the prefix in the portable identifier. For
example: CT1AAA/CT3 could be counted for either CT1, or CT3. Both
prefixes may be claimed if a second contact is made on a different
band or mode, or on the same band/mode but after a time period of at
least 24 hours has passed.

Contacts
with stations outside the Portugal territory, or maritime mobiles
outside territorial waters do not count for this award. For example:
CT1AAA/DL1 or G/CT1AAA do not count because the station is not
operating from Portugal.

Confirmations
are not required for this award. Submit a computer or other list
listing the prefixes you are claiming as follows: Call worked, Date,
Band and Mode in (TIMEand RST are Not Necessary) Please
alphabetical order by prefix. Please number the contacts
so a total can be quickly determined.

With
your list of prefixes, submit a signed statement as follows: I
certify upon my honor that the contacts listed have been made in the
manner represented, and that I have obeyed the awards rules and all
Amateur Radio rules as set forth by my licensing authority while
making these contacts. Signature- Date-

This
award is available for any HAM or SWL for contact/listen and support
the VK9X July 2008 dx-pedition by Dxciting members

For
get the award you must to do the following things:

Contact
the 4 VK9X stations active in July in any band or mode, or5 Qso’s in different bands or modes with any of these
stations VK9XWW, VK9XHZ, VK9XOR and VK9XME.(example= 2 Qsos
VK9XHZ 3 VK9XOR).Send
a log extract and the fee of 10 euros to the award manager:CT1BWW
Manuel Alberto C. Marques, P.o.Box: 41 , 2780-901 OEIRAS -
PORTUGALIf you are a SPONSOR of
this Dx-pedition Send ONLY the log extract, the award is free for
Sponsors or person who helps us.

CQ4IPY
AWARD

This
Certificate is for all amateurs and SWL all over the world with valid
license. Is
sponsored by IPY Program Amateur Radio International Polar Year . Aplicant
must submit evidence of two-way contact with CQ4IPY on three
(3) different bands or two (2)different Modes.

LOG:Send
a Log with following informations: Date,Time,Bands,Mode and RST.The Fee: For mail expenses
the fee is USD 5,00 or EURO 5,00 or 10 IRC's

Send Application to:

Manuel
Alberto Conceição Marques

P.o.Box
41

2780-901
OEIRAS

PORTUGAL

Work All JapanAward

Contact
(or hear) and receive a card from a station in each of
the 47 prefectures of Japan. A list of QSL cards should
be arranged in order of WAJA reference number, however
names od prefecture may be ommited.

JAPAN CENTURY CITIES

Contact (or hear) and receive a card from
a station in each of at least 100 different cities of
Japan. JCC200, JCC300, JCC400, JCC500 and JCC600 will be
issued as separate awards. The list of QSL cards should
be arranged in order of JCC reference number, however
names of the city may be ommited.

30Zones
30Meters AWARD

To qualify, the
following conditions must be satisfied:

1.
Establishment of two-way communication with any 30(thirty) different
amateur stations located in 30 Zones. Only contacts made on 10 Mhz (30
Meters Band)after
0000 UTC on 1st January 2001 are valid. Obligatory include at Least
Zone 14.

9. Send a log extract and the fee of EUR.5,00
or 6(six) IRCs for overseas stationsto the award
manager:

1.
Establishment of two-way communication with any 20(twenty) different
amateur stations located in 20 Zones. Only contacts made on 14 Mhz (20
Meters Band)
after 0000 UTC on 20ht April 1985 are valid. Obligatory include at
Least Zone 14.

9. Send a log extract and the fee of EUR.5,00
or 6(six) IRCs for overseas stationsto the award
manager:

D.I.F.O. DIPLOME DES ILES FRANCAISES
D'OUTREMERFrench Overseas Islands Award
D.I.F.O. is sponsored by the LYON DX GANG. It has been
created to encourage and award Amateur Radio Stations
around the world, to contact or activate french overseas islands. It may be claimed by all licensed amateurs and
SWLs.The award is issued in 3 divisions: MIXED, PHONE, CW. All contacts must be made on authorised bands between
160 and 10m.
BASIC AWARD : 10 different french OVERSEAS islands.
ENDORSEMENTS will be given by groups of following 5 islands. (e.g.15-20-25-30...). Plaque Endorsements will
be by group of 10 islands.
All contacts must be made from the same country.
QSL's must be in the applicant`s possession. Each request
must be done with
a photocopy of each QSL cards. Originals may be requested
in case of doubt.Activators can count the islands as same
as the chasers.
Applications for the award and endorsements should be
sent to: Award Manager F5JJW, SUC Joel La Grange 69440
Taluyers FRANCE
The service charge for the BASIC AWARD is FF 60,- or $
12, (add 10 FF or $2 for return postage) ENDORSEMENTS FF
20,- or $ 4 each. (add 5 FF or $ 1for return postage)
PLAQUE : The top honor roll level is awarded by a free
plaque for qso's with 50 islands. BUT, you MUST have
requested before each following endorsements :
15-20-25-30-35-40-45.
The reference will depend of its DX country location, in
a way to put the prefix at the beginning of each reference, followed by a serial
number.
(e.g. FO-001 CLIPPERTON island) We consider valid any
island surrounded by salt water outside Europe and
belonging to France. The award manager is the only one
authorized to give new reference numbers
and request must be made directly by the DX'peditioner.
To be valid an island must have : - An official name. - A
french territory prefix where the island is located.
QSLs must clearly show the island name. If it is not the
case, the island will be valid for the main island of the
archipelago !The award manager decision is final.RULES
MAY BE MODIFIED IN THE FUTURE IN A WAY TO IMPROVE THE
INTEREST OF DIFO

Diploma
Vasco da Gama REP-Rede dos Emissores Portugueses with
the support of National Committee for Commemoration of
Portugueses Discoveries sea routes, sponsors this very
beautiful Award which is to celebrate the Portuguese
Discoveries during the XV Century and specially the
Discovery of the sea route to Índia by the Portuguese
Navigator VASCO DA GAMA. This will be a permanent Award
and all SSB,CW, or RTTY, HF contacts (on authorised
amateur bands) on the different amateur regions will count, starting on 15Th November 1945. Licensed Radio
Amateurs and SWL's world wide are invited to participate.
To qualify for the Diploma aplicants must have at least
25 points but with the contacts with one station in
Portugal Continental "CT" and another on India
"VU". Diplomas can be requested on one of three
different modes SSB, CW or MIXED , and there will be 5
classes and 5 different stamps as follows: Class I 75
points Golden Sextant Class II 100 points Golden Compass
Class III 125 points Golden Anchor Class IV 150 points
Golden Astrolabe Class V 200 points Golden Caravel There
is also "Honour Roll" for those with 250 points
or more. The participants of this Honour Roll can request
the correspondent Trophy which is a nice filigree
miniature of XVI Century Portuguese "Caravela"
.

Lists of stations awarded with the different classes of
Diploma will be published in Portuguese Ham magzines and
bulletins as well as any foreign magazines who wish to
publish them.

Logs can be
certified either by photostat (photoxerox copies) of
QSL's or by GCR list (General Certification Rule),
certified by two different amateurs any doubt arise QSL's
can be requested. The Diploma will be awarded free of
charge to members of REP and will cost 1000$00 PTE
portuguese escudos, for Europe the cost will be US$ 8,00
or 12 IRC's and for the rest of the World the fee is
US$10,00 or 15 IRC's. The endorsements or stamps for each
class are free of charge , providing a list of the
contacts certified in the same way as the original log is
sent together with self addressed stamped envelope (SASE)
or self addressed envelope (SAE) and 2 IRC's. For the
Honour Roll trophy the cost will be US$ 30,00 or
equuivalent for Portugal and Europe and US$ 40,00 for the
rest of the world. All requests to: REDE DOS EMISSORES
PORTUGUESES Award / Contest Manager P. O BOX 2483 - 1112
LISBOA PORTUGAL Europe.

This Award is sponsored by Finnish
Amateur Radio League.GCR rule is accepted. Contacts must
have been made after 10 June 1947. Fee for each award is
8 IRC's or US $5,00. Applications should be sent to:SRAL HQ, P.o.Box 44, FIN-00441
HELSINKI, FINLAND. OZ, LA and
SM amateurs need contacts with at least 50 different OH
call areas on other bands. Other Europeans need contact
with at least 20 different OH, including at least 7 OH areas. The maximum number of contacts per band is 15, so
least 2 bands must be used. Non-Europeans applicants need
contacts with 15 different OH including at least 5 OH
areas on any band or combination of bands. Contacts made
in 3.5 MhZ will count for two contact points. CW, Phone
or mixed mode. Minimum acceptable report is 338 (RST) .
OHstations operating as MM do not count.

GBØANT' or 'GB4IPY AWARD

Level
One - Bronze Award
4 Contacts to be made (verified on application) with either 'GBØANT' or
'GB4IPY' since January 2005. All Bands and Modes are OK but no Repeaters.
Awards are good for SWL too. Qsl Cards NOT required.

Level
Two - Silver Award
8 Contacts to be made (verified on application) with either 'GBØANT' or
'GB4IPY' since January 2005. As above.Send a
GCR List + fee of $16 (Green Stamps) or €11 (Euro) or £8.00 (GBP) to
:- Awards Manager Charles R. Wilmott MØOXO, 60 Church Hill, Royston,
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, ENGLAND S71 4NG **Please also state the Name
and Callsign that you would like to see on the Medallion**Level
Three - Gold Award
12 Contacts to be made (verified on application) with either 'GBØANT'
or 'GB4IPY' since January 2005. As above.

Send a GCR List + fee of $30 (Green Stamps) or €22 (Euro) or £15 (GBP) to
:- Awards Manager Charles R. Wilmott MØOXO, 60 Church Hill, Royston,
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, ENGLAND S71 4NG **Please also state the Name
and Callsign that you would like to see on the Trophy**
E-mail : [email protected] or http://charlesm0oxo.piczo.com/

of the materials used in the Awards by the
manufacturers. Thanks, I hope you

The Home Call of the Operators 'MØOXO' or 'G4RCG' can
be used as the 'Jolly' or 'Joker' to replace any ONE station in any band,
any Mode. The 'Joker' can be used ONCE only in each of the three levels
of Award. Qsl Cards are NOT required.

The
ARI branch of Cassino, with the plead of the Lazio Regional Committee
taking the opportunity
l INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY), is happy to present the l
INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY) Award, starting March 1st 2007 till the
end of February 2009, as a contribution to the International Polar
Year . This is done in conjunction with the activities sponsored by
the WAP, WORLD ANTARCTIC PROGRAM and are part of the international
activities to celebrate the scientific activities in Antartica. The
Italian base Mario Zucchelli at Baia Terranova is the main expression
of this effort.PARTICIPATION …Worlwide OM, YL, SWL
PERIOD....From 00.00UTC 01.03. 07 until Feb.2009
BANDS..…HF ( 3,5, 7 , 10, 14 , 18 . 21 , 24,5 , 28 )
MODES………………...SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK, Mixed
CONTACTS ……….….. Can be made with the IPY stationa and with
all the polar and antartica stations.
RULES ………………..Call “CQ CQ IPYA AWARD”
To obtain the award you need contacts with 5 different stations. You
can contact the same stations on different bands but one only contact
will be considered valid for the application.25
different stations will give you a silver color sticker
50 different stations will give you a gold color sticker
The first applicant to claim 50 different stations will obtain a
plaque.DOCUMENTS GRC request with the segnature of two amateurs
Send the request or the photocopy of your log
Qsl cards have not to be submitted
COST…The cost of the awars is 10 € or 15 $Send your application
to:AWARD
MANAGER
IØYKN Nuccio Meoli
Via Conte Bassavilla 1
03030 ROCCA D’ARCE
(FR) ITALY
www.arcticworldaward.net/ipy[email protected]
0776/536421

Rule
of AWA AwardThe
A.R.I. Section of Cassino helped by the A.W.A. Manager IØYKN Nuccio
Meoli and by IØOCD Christine Renaud, in the range of DX activities,
has deliberated to announce a permanent award called A.W.A. ARCTIC
WORLD AWARD in order to remember the Italian shipment of Umberto
Nobile and the red tent lost among the ice of the North Pole. The qso
can be in any band and mode and in whichever other digital mode.
The qso acknowledged since January 1st 1944. The qso done with the
call sign of ships laboratory and Arctic bases are equally valid
(RAEM, U-POL & Drifting Stations).
To obtain the A.W.A. the petitioner have to submit a log with 10
QSO/HRD in at least 3 different land with operating stations above the
60th parallel line of Boreal Hemisphere.
A Log, with directory of the qso/hrd verified by two OM will be
enough, however we shall request the vision of some QSL for an
eventual control.
The cost of the award is € 10 or of $ 15.
The demand and the log have to be sent to
: A.W.A. manager IØYKN Nuccio Meoli, via Conte Bassavilla 1, 03030
ROCCA D'ARCE (FR) ITALYe.mail
: [email protected]

In recognition of
international two-way amateur radio communication, the International
Amateur Radio Union (IARU) issues Worked-All-Continents certificates
to amateur radio stations of the world.Qualification
for the WAC award is based on an examination by the International
Secretariat, or a member-society, of the IARU of QSL cards that the
applicant has received from other amateur stations in each of the six
continental areas of the world. All contacts must be made from the
same country or separate territory within the same continental area of
the world.All QSL cards (no photocopies)
must show the mode and/or band for any endorsement applied for.Contacts made on 10/18/24 MHz or via satellites are
void for the 5-band certificate and 6-band endorsement. All contacts
for the QRP endorsement must be made on or after January 1, 1985 while
running a maximum power of 5 watts output or 10 watts input.The following information should be helpful in
determining the continental area of a station located adjacent to a
continental boundary. North America includes Greenland (OX) and Panama
(HP). South America includes Trinidad & Tobago (9Y), Aruba (P4),
Curacao & Bonaire (PJ2-4) and Easter Island (CE0). Oceania
includes Minami Torishima (JD1), Philippines (DU), Eastern Malaysia
(9M6-8) and Indonesia (YB). Asia includes Ogasawara Islands (JD1),
Maldives (8Q), Socotra Island (7O), Abu Ail Island (J2/A), Cyprus (5B,
ZC4), Eastern Turkey (TA2-9) and Georgia (4L). Europe includes the
fourth and sixth call areas of Russia (R1-6), Istanbul (TA1), all
Italian islands (I) and Azores (CU). Africa includes Ceuta &
Melilla (EA9), Madeira (CT3), Gan Island (8Q), French Austral
Territory (FT) and Heard Island (VK0).